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1. The number of 5 people groups that can be selected from 13. O

T %*
UB is equal to
9 people when two particular persons are not to be in _ `! a %! T S*

the same group is (a)

`! a %! T S*
14 (b)
`! a %! T S*
14
T _
(a) 126 (b) 35 (c) 91 (d) 252 `! a %! T S* `! a %! T S*
(c) 14 (d) 14
! T
2. The solution set of equation log 2 log ! 2 " log # 2 is
*
(a) $2%√! , 2√! ( (b) ) , 2+ !
14. If b, c and b 1 c are vectors of magnitude α, then the
* * magnitude of vector b 0 c is
(c) ) , 2 !+
(d) )# , 2+
# (a) √2e (b) √3e (c) 2e (d) 3e
3. If a twelve sides regular polygon is inscribed in a circle of 15. Which of the following statements if FALSE?
radius 3 centimeters, then the length of each side of the (a) 2 ∈ 6 ∪ 7 implies that if 2 ∉ 6, then 2 ∈ 7
polygon is (b) m2,3n ⊆ 6 implies that 2 ⊆ 6 and m2,3n ⊆ 7
(a) 3 (b) 18 0 9√3 (c) 18 1 9√3 (d) None (c) 6 ∪ 7 ⊇ m2,3n implies that m2,3n ⊆ 6 and m2,3n ⊆ 7
(d) m2n ∈ 6 and m3n ∈ 6 implies that m2,3n ⊆ 6
4. If 4 is the mid-point of 67 and 8 is any point outside 67,
then 16. If 2B ! 1 7BC 1 3C ! 1 8B 1 14C 1 q " 0 represents pair
(a) 86 1 87 " 284 (b) 86 1 87 " 84 of straight lines, the value of q is
(c) 86 1 87 1 284 " 0 (d) 86 1 87 1 84 " 0 (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

5. The average marks of boys in class is 52 and that of girls 17. The area of the region bounded by the lines C " |B 0 C|
to 42. The average marks of boys and girls combined is and C " 3 0 |B| is
50, then percentage of boys in the class is (a) 3 sq.units (b) 4 sq.units
(a) 80% (b) 60% (c) 40% (d) 20% (c) 6 sq.units (d) 2 sq.units

6. A box contains 2 blue caps, 4 red caps, 5 green caps and 1 18. In a triangle 674, b " 4, c " 3, ∠764 " 60°, then the
yellow cap. If four caps are picked at random, then the equation for which u is the root, is
probability that none of them is green, is (a) u ! 1 3u 1 7 " 0 (b) u ! 1 3u 0 7 " 0
> > @ @
(a) (b) *! (c) ?? (d) *! (c) u 0 3u 1 7 " 0
!
(d) u ! 0 3u 0 7 " 0
??

@ wx
7. The line 3B 1 5C " D touches the ellipse 16B ! 1 25C ! " 19. If cos v " *w , !
y v y 2z, then tan 2v is
400 if D is (a)
%*!{
(b)
%*!{ **?
(c) **|
*!{
(d) **?
(a) E√5 (b) E√15 (c) E25 (d) E√35 **? *|?

If F " G4H " 3I 0 1, I ∈ KL and M " G9I 0 9, I ∈ KL, 20. An expression has 10 equally likely outcomes. Let 6 and
8.
7 be two non-empty events of the experiment. If consists
then F ∪ M is equal to
of 4 outcomes, the number of outcomes that 7 must have
(a) M (b) F (c) K (d) None
(PQR %*) !
so that 6 and 7 are independent, is
9. O )*S(PQR )T
+ UB is equal to (a) 2, 4 or 8 (b) 3, 6 or 9
VW (c) 4 or 8 (d) 5 or 10
(a) 14 (b) (PQR 14
*S T )T S*
PQR
(c) (PQR 14 (d) 14 21. Let b, c and c be three non-zero vectors, no two of which
)T S* T S*
are collinear. If the vector b 1 2c is collinear with u and
c 1 3u is collinear with b, then b 1 2c 1 6u is equal to
10. The volume of the parallelepiped determined by
(a) qb (b) qc (c) qu (d) 0
X " Ŷ 1 2[̂ 0 D\, ] " 02Ŷ 1 3D\ and ^ " 7[̂ 0 4D\ is
(a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24 22. The value of b, for which the sum of the squares of the
roots of the equation B ! 0 (b 0 2)B 0 (b 1 1) " 0,
11. The vector perpendicular to the plane passing through assumes the least value is
(1, -1, 0), (-2, 1, -1) and (-1, 1, 2) is (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
(a) 6Ŷ 1 6D\ (b) 6Ŷ 1 7D\
(c) 7Ŷ 1 6D\ (d) None of these 23. For any two events 6 and 7, the probability that atleast
one of them occur is 0.6. If 6 and 7 occurs
12. The equation of a circle with diameters are 2B 0 3C 1 simultaneously with a probability 0.3, then 8(6~ ) 1
12 " 0 and B 1 4C 0 5 " 0 and area of 154 sq.units is 8(7 ~ ) is
(a) 0.9 (b) 1.15 (c) 1.1 (d) 1.0
(a) B ! 1 C ! 0 6C 1 4C 0 36 " 0
(b) B ! 1 C ! 1 6B 0 4C 0 36 " 0 24. Two finite sets 6 and 7 are having • and I elements.
The total numbers subsets of the first set is 56 more than
(c) B ! 1 C ! 0 6B 0 4C 1 25 " 0 the total number of subsets of the second set. The value
(d) None of the above of • and I are
(a) 7, 6 (b) 6, 3 (c) 5, 3 (d) 8, 7

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25. The probability that 6 speaks truth is 4/5 while this 37. The system of equations
probability for 7 is ¾. The probability that they B 1 C 1 2• " b
contradict each other when asked to speak on a fact is B1• "c
(a) 3/20 (b) 1/5 (c) 7/20 (d) 4/5 2B 1 C 1 3• " u
has a solution if
26. The sum of the expression (a) 7 " u (b) u " b 1 c
* * * *
1 1 1 ⋯1 is (c) u " b 1 2 (d) b " c " u
√*S√! √!S√w √wS√# √ƒ{S√ƒ*
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10
38. Let …(B) " B ! 0 cB 1 u, c is an odd positive integer. If
…(B) " 0 has two prime number as roots and c 1 u " 35,
27. Consider the function … defined by
then the global minimum value of …(B) is
B !
0 1, B y 3
…(B) " † for all real numbers B. If … is (a)
%*ƒw *>w
(b) *|
%ƒ*
(c) #
*>
(d) !
2bB, B‡3 #
continuous at B " 3, then value b is
w * #
(a) 8 (b) # (c) ƒ (d) w 39. The vertex of the parabola whose focus is (-1, 1) and
directrix is 4B 1 3C 0 24 " 0 is
w @ w @
28. Three houses are available in a locality. Three persons (a) Ž0, !• (b) Ž0, !• (c) Ž1, !• (d) Ž1, !•
apply for the houses. Each applies for one house without
consulting others. The probability that all the three apply 40. The number of points in (0∞, ∞), for which B ! 0
for the same house is B sin B 0 cos B " 0 is
ƒ > ! *
(a) (b) ? (c) ? (d) ? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 0
?

29. Five horses are in a race. Mr. A selects two of the horses 41. There are 4 books on fairy tales, 5 novels and 3 plays. In
at random and bets on them. The probability that Mr. A how many ways can they be arranged in the order, books
selected the winning horse is on fairy tales, novels and then plays so that the books of
w * ! # the same category are put together?
(a) (b) @ (c) @ (d) @
@ (a) 17280 (b) 103680 (c) 51840 (d) 360

30. If 3 " 4 %* , then B is equal to 42. Suppose a population 6 has 100 observations 101, 102,
!%PQR_ ! ! !%PQR_ ! ! PQR_ !
(a) (b) (c) (d) ! PQR …., 200 an another population 7 has 100 observation
!%*
! PQR_ !%*
! PQR_ ! PQR_ !S* _ w%*
151, 152, ….., 250. If ]‘ and ]’ represent variance of the
“
31. The matrix 6 has B rows and (B 1 5) columns and the two population respectively, then “” is
•
matrix ‰ has C rows and (11 0 C) columns. If both the (a) #
? #
(b) ? (c) 1
!
(d) w
matrices 67 and 76 exist, then the value of B and C are
(a) 8, 3 (b) 3, 5 (c) 3, 8 (d) 8, 5
43. If b, c are vectors such that |b 1 c | " √29 and
32. A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is b – —2Ŷ 1 3[̂ 1 4D\˜ " —2Ŷ 1 3[̂ 1 4D\˜ – c, then a possible
tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole value of (b 1 c) ∙ —07Ŷ 1 2[̂ 1 3D\˜ is
to the ground. Find the height of the pole, if the angle (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 8
made by the rope with the ground level is 30°.
(a) 10 m (b) 20 m (c) 30 m (d) 40 m 44. Let B* , B! , … , BH be I observation such that ∑ B›! " 400
and ∑ B " 80. Then a possible value of I among the
33. There are I equally speed points 1, 2, …., I marked on following is
the circumference of a circle. If the point 15 is directly (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 8
opposite of the point 49, then the total number of points
is 45. Area of the greatest rectangle that can be inscribed in the
(a) 50 (b) 68 (c) 66 (d) 70 ellipse is
œ
(a) √bc (b) 2bc (c) bc (d) •
34. Let ‹ " G1,2, … , IL. The number of possible pairs of form
(6, 7) with 6 ⊆ 7 for subsets 6, 7 of ‹ is 46. Two common tangents to the circle B ! 1 C ! " 2b! and
parabola C ! " 8bB are
(a) 2H (b) 3H (c) IΠ(d) None
(a) B " E(C 1 2b) (b) C " E(B 1 2b)
Sw ) (c) B " E(C 1 b) (d) C " E(B 1 b)
35. Sum of the roots of the equations 4 0 3(2 1 128 "
0 is 47. If b* , b! , … . , bH are in AP and b* " 0, then the value
œ œ œ * * *
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8 Ž _ 1 a 1 ⋯ , 1 Ÿ • 0 b! Ž 1 1 ⋯ 1 • is equal
œT œ_ œŸ ¡ Tœ œ_ œ Ÿ T
to
36. If the sum of the slopes of the lines given by B ! 0 2uBC 0 (a) (I 0 2) 1
*
(b) H%!
*
(H%!)
7C ! " 0 is four times their product, then the value of u is (c) I 0 2 (d) I 0
*
H%!
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) -2 (d) 2

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48. The value of cos 20° 1 cos 100° 1 cos 140° is 56. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way
(a) 0 (b)
* *
(c) ! (d) 1 based on the given arrangement and thus form a group.
√!
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
(a) PL (b) MQ (c) LN (d) OM
49. The permutations of (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) are listed in
lexicographic order. Which of the following permutations
Directions (Q. Nos. 57 to 59): Are based on the following
are just before and just after the permutation bacdefg?
A team must be selected from the ten probable players A, B,
(a) agfedbc and bacdfge (b) agfedcb and badcefg
C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J. Of these, A, C, E and J are forwards, B, G
(c) agfebcd and bacedgf (d) agfedcb and bacdegf
and H are point guards and D, F and I are defender.
T £T • The team must have at least one forward, one point
50. The foci of the *|
1 •T " 1 and the hyperbola guard and one defender.
T £T *
0 ƒ* " !@ coincide. The value of c ! is • If the team includes J, it must also include F.
*##
• The team must include E or B, but not both.
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 1
• If the team includes G, it must also include F.
• The team must include exactly one among C, G and I.
ANALYTICAL ABILITY AND LOGICAL REASONING
• C and F cannot be members of the same team.
Directions (Q. Nos. 51-52) Are based on the following • D and H cannot be members of the same team.
A boy is asked to put in a basket one mango when ordered • The team must include both A and D or neither of them.
'One', one orange when ordered 'Two'. One apple when • There is no restriction on the number of members in the
ordered 'Three' and is asked to take out from the basket one team.
mango and an orange when ordered 'Four'. A sequence of
order is given as 57. What would be the size of the largest possible team?
12332142314223314113234 (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4
51. How many total fruits will be in the basket at the end of
the above order sequence? 58. Which of the following cannot be included in a team of
(a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 10 size 6?
(a) A (b) H (c) J (d) E
52. How many total oranges were in the basket at the end of
the above sequence? 59. What could be the maximum size of the team that
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2 includes G?
(a) 4 (b) 5
Directions (Q. Nos. 53 to 56) Are based on the following: (c) 6 (d) More than 6
Eight friends J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight different
floors of a building but not necessarily in same order. The 60. A family has several children. Each boy in this family has
lower most floor of the building is numbered one, the above as many sisters as brothers, but each girls has twice as
that numbered two and soon until the top most floor is many brothers as sister. How many brothers and sister
numbered eight. are there?
• J lives on floor numbered six. (a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 and 4 (c) 6 and 3 (d) 4 and 3
• Only one person lives between J and L.
• O lives on the floor immediately below L. 61. In a certain code language '134' means 'good and tasty',
`478' means 'see good picture' and '729' means 'picture
• Only one person lives between O and P.
are faint'. Which of the following numerical symbols
• O lives above P.
stands for see?
• K lives on an even numbered floor but not on the floor
(a) 2 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 1
numbered two.
• Two persons live between K and Q. 62. If the English word 'EXAMINATION' is 56149512965,
• Q does not live on the lower most floor. then word 'GOVERNMENT' can be coded as
• N lives on one of the floor above Q. (a) 7655955552 (b) 7645954452
53. If P and L Interchange their places, who will live between (c) 7645954552 (d) 7644956552
P and M?
(a) O (b) L (c) J (d) No one 63. Fact 1: Most stuffed toys are stuffed with beans.
Fact 2: There are stuffed bears and stuffed tigers.
54. Which of the following is true about M? Fact 3: Some chairs are stuffed with beans.
(a) K lives immediately above M If the above statement are fact. Which of the following
(b) Only two people live between M and Q statements, must also be fact?
(c) M lives on an odd numbered floor 1. Only children's chairs are stuffed with beans.
(d) M lives on the lower most floor 2. All stuffed tigers are stuffed with beans.
3. Stuffed monkeys are not stuffed with beans.
55. Who amongst the following lives on the floor number (a) 1 is a fact
eight? (b) Only 2 is fact
(a) P (b) O (c) K (d) CND (c) Both 2 and 3 are facts
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64. If all the 6's are replaced by 9's then the algebraic sum of 72. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a family consisting
all the numbers from 1 to 100 (both inclusive) varies by of four adults, three children, three males and four
(a) 333 (b) 300 (c) 279 (d) 330 female. Out of the children F and G are girls. A and D are
brothers and A is doctor, E is an engineer married to one
65. 405 sweets were distributed equally among a group of of the brothers and has two children. B is married to D
children such that the number of sweet received by each and G is their child. Who is C?
child is one fifth of the number of children. The number (a) E's daughter (b) A's son
of children in the group is (c) G's brother (d) F's father
(a) 45 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) 15
73. A clock is set right at 5 am the clock losses 16 minutes in
66. The number of common terms in the two sequence 17, 24 hours. What will be the correct time when the clock
21, 25,….., 817 and 16, 21, 26, ……., 851 is indicates 10 pm on the 3rd day?
(a) 28 (b) 39 (c) 40 (d) 87 (a) 11 pm (b) 10:45 pm (c) 11:15 pm (d) 12 pm

67. Unscramble the letter in the following words and find the 74. The day after the day after tomorrow is four days after
odd one. Monday. What day is it today?
(a) ONGEAR (b) NOONI (a) Monday (b) Tuesday
(c) ALPEP (d) AUVAG (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday

68. A bus starts from its depot filled to seating capacity. It Directions (Q.Nos. 75 to 77)
stops at a point A where 1/6th the of passengers alight • There are six houses P, Q, R, S, T and U, three on either
and 10 board the bus. At point B, 1/5th of the passengers side of a road.
alight and boards the bus. At point C which is the last • The houses are of different colours - red, blue, green,
stop, all the 55 passengers alight. The capacity of the bus orange, yellow and white.
is • All the houses are of different heights.
(a) 96 (b) 99 (c) 66 (d) 90 • T, the tallest house is exactly opposite to the red
coloured house.
69. Kha-kha is an obscure island which is inhabited by two • The shortest house is exactly opposite to the green
types of people; the 'Yes' type and the 'No' type. Native of coloured house.
types 'Yes' ask only questions the right answer in which • U, the orange coloured house is located between P and S.
is 'Yes' while those of type 'No' ask only questions the • R, the yellow coloured house is exactly opposite to P.
right answer to which is 'No'. For example the 'Yes' type • Q, the green coloured house is exactly opposite to U.
will ask questions like "Is 2 plus 2 equal to 4?" While the • P, the white coloured house is taller than R, but shorter
"No" type will ask question like "Is 2 plus 2 equal to 5?". than S and Q.
The following question is based on your visit to the 75. Which is the second largest house?
island Kha-kha. Kevin and Kumar are brothers from the (a) Q (b) R (c) S (d) CND
island. Kumar asks you, Is atleast one of us is of type 'No'
? You can conclude that 76. Which of the second shortest houses?
(a) Kevin is 'No', Kumar is 'Yes'. (a) P (b) R (c) S (d) CND
(b) Both are 'Yes'.
(c) Kevin is 'Yes', Kumar is 'No'. 77. What is the colour of the tallest house?
(d) Both are 'No'. (a) Red (b) Blue (C) Green (d) Yellow

78. How many pairs of letters are there in the word

70. Raman was born on March 5, 1970. Lakshman was born NECESSARY which have as many letters between them in
25 clays before Raman. The year when they took birth. the word as there are between them in the alphabet and
in the same order.
the Republic Day fell on Monday. What is the day of birth (a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four
of Lakshman.
79. What is missing number is the series,
(a) Sunday (b) Monday 4, 7, 11, 18. 29, 47, ……, 123, 199?
(c) Wednesday (d) Saturday (a) 76 (b) 77 (c) 86 (d) 87

71. P, Q, R and S are four logical statements such that if P is Directions (Q. Nos. 80 to 82)
• A, B, C, D, E and F are six members in a family in which
true, then Q is true; if Q is true, then R is true; and if S is
there are two married couples.
true, then at least one of Q and R is false. The it follows • D is brother of F.
that • Both D and F are lighter than B.
• B is mother of D and lighter than E.
(a) if S is false, then both Q and R true • C a lady, is neither heaviest nor lightest in the family.
(b) if at least one of Q and R is true, then S is false • E is lighter than C.
(c) if P is true, then S is false • The grandfather in the family is the heaviest.
(d) if Q is true, then S is true 80. Which of the following is a pair of married couples.
(a) AB (b) BC (c) AD (d) BE
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81. Who among the following will be in the second place, if Directions (Q. Nos. 91 to 95) are based on the following.
all the members in the family are arranged in a White cement is the basic raw material for producing cement
descending order of their weights? tiles and cement paint which are used extensively in building
(a) C (b) A construction. The main consumers of white cement are,
(c) D (d) Data inadequate therefore, cement title and cement paint manufacturing
units. These consumers, mostly in the small scale sector, are
82. How is C related to D? today facing a major crisis because of a significant increase in
(a) Grandmother (b) Cousin the price of white cement during a short period. The present
(c) Sister (d) Mother annual licensed production capacity of white and grey
cement in a country is approximately 3.5 lakh tones. The
Directions (Q. Nos. 83 to 85) are based on the following: average demand is 2-2.5 lakh tones. This means that there is
idle capacity to the tone of one lakh tones or more. The price
• Eleven students, A, B, C. D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting is, therefore, not a phenomenon arising out of inadequate
in the first row of the class facing the teacher. production capacity but evidently because of artificial
• D who is to the immediate left of F is second to the right scarcity created by the manufactures in their self-interest.
of C. The main reason for the continuing spurt in cement price is
• A is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends. its decontrol. As it is, there is stiff competition in the cement
• J is the immediate neighbor of A and B and third to the paint and tile manufacturing business. Any further price
left of G. revision at this stage is bound to have a severe adverse
• H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I. impact on the market conditions. The Government should
83. Who is sitting in the middle of the row? take adequate steps to ensure that suitable controls are
(a) P (a) B (b) R (b) C brought in. Else it should allow import of cement.
91. Which of the following words has the opposite meaning
84. If E and D, C and B, A and H and K and F interchange their as the word "basic" as used in the passage?
position, which of the following pairs of students are (a) Vital (b) Unimportant (c) Acidic (d) Last
sitting at the ends?
(a) D and E (b) E and F (c) D and K (d) K and F 92. Why is the price of cement going up?
(a) Because the Government is controlling quota
85. Which of the following groups of friends is sitting to the (b) Because of export of white cement
right of G? (c) Because of the large usage of white cement
(a) CHDE (b) CHDF (c) IBJA (d) None (d) None of the above

Directions (Q. Nos. 86 to 89) are based on the following: 93. What is the crisis faced by the cement tile manufactures
as described in the passage?
• A group of six friends are sitting around a hexagonal (a) White cement prices are very high
table, each one at one corner of the hexagon. (b) White cement is not of good quality
• Ram is sitting opposite to Ramesh. (c) White cement usage is high
• Jyoti is sitting next to Seems. (d) White cement is priced very low
• Neeta is sitting opposite to Seema but not next to Ram.
94. Which of the following words has the same meaning as
• Amrit has a person sitting between Ramesh and himself.
the word 'artificial' as used in the passage?
(a) Deliberate (b) Prolonged
86. If Seema and Jyoti mutually interchange their positions,
(c) Practical (d) Unnatural
then who will be sitting opposite to Neeta?
(a) Jyoti (b) Ram (c) Seema (d) Ramesh
95. Choose the words that accurately signifies a person who
makes money by starting or running business.
87. If Neeta sits to the right of Amrit, then who is sitting to
(a) Antreprenour (b) Andrepreneur
the left of Amrit?
(c) Entrapreneur (d) Entrepreneur
(a) Ramesh (b) Neeta
(c) Jyoti (d) Ram
96. Which of the following is correct phrase to describe a
group of insects?
88. Who is sitting between Amrit and Ramesh?
(a) A flock of insects (b) A swarm of insects
(a) Neeta (b) Jyoti (c) Seema (d) Ram
(c) A school of insects (d) A shoal of insects
89. Who is sitting opposite to Jyoti?
97. Which of the following has closest meaning to the word
(a) Ramesh (b) Neeta (c) Amrit (d) Seema
'REPUTATION'?
(a) Character (b) Respect
90. A Group of 630 children are seated in I rows for a group
(c) Fame (d) Honour
photo session. Each row contains three less children than
the row in front of it. Which one of the following number
98. Which of the following words means 'Theatrical'?
of rows is not possible?
(a) Thrilling (b) Histrionic
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
(c) Delicate (d) Delicious

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99. Identify the word which is different from the rest of the COMPUTER AWARENESS
words
111. Consider a hard disk with 16 recording surfaces (0 -15)
(a) Indisputable (b) Uncertain having 16384 cylinders (0 - 16383) and each cylinder
(c) Dubious (d) Doubtful contains 64 sectors (0 - 63). Data storage capacity in
each sector is 512 bytes. Data are organised cylinder-
100. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar wise and the addressing format is y cylinder no., surface
no., sector no.>. A file of size 42797 KB is stored in the
to the expressed in SCALE: TONE
disk and the starting disk location of the file is y1200, 9,
(a) Physician : Medicine (b) Wave : Amplitude 40>. What is the cylinder number of the last sector of the
(c) Spectrum : Colour (d) Rainbow: Shower file, if it is stored in a continuous manner?
(a) 1284 (b) 1282 (c) 1286 (d) 1288
101. Choose the answer which best expresses the meaning of
the idiom/phrase "to burn a hole in the pocket". 112. Consider the following minterm expression for º.
(a) Steal from someone's pocket º(8, », ¼, ‹) " ½ 0,2,5,7,8,10,13,15
(b) To destroy others belongings
(c) To be very miserly The minterms 2, 7, 8 and 13 are 'do not care' terms. The
(d) Money that is spent quickly minimal sum-of-product form for º is
(a) »‹̅ 1 »¿‹
102. Choose the correct alternative to fill the blank. (b) »‹ 1 »¿ ‹̅
My window look _______ the garden. (c) »¿ ¼¿ ‹̅ 1 »¿¼¿ ‹̅ 1 »¼¿ ‹ 1 »¼‹
(a) upon (b) out on (c) in (d) at (d) 8¿»¿‹̅ 1 8¿»‹ 1 8»‹ 1 8»¿‹̅

103. Fill in the blank with suitable article. 113. The Boolean expression represented by the following
_______ darkest cloud has a silver lining Venn diagram is
(a) An (b) A (c) The (d) From

104. Fill In the blank with appropriate adjective.

The steak is completely ___________ it is cold and tough.
(a) edible (b) erratic
(c) unswerving (d) thedible (a) b FÀ¼ c (b) b~ c 1 bc′
(c) bc 1 b′c′ (d) (b 1 c ~ )(b~ 1 c)
105. Fill in the blank with appropriate adjective.
The steak is completely _______, it is cold and tough. 114. The range of I-bit signed magnitude representation is
(a) upon (b) out on (c) in (d) at (a) 0 to 2H 0 1
(b) 0(2H%* 0 1) to (2H%* 0 1)
106. Fill in the blank with appropriate verb (c) 0(2H 0 1) to (2H%* 0 1)
Where is he? He should __________ home hours ago. (d) 0 to 2H%* 0 1
(a) be (b) have been (c) had been (d) were
115. A hard disk has a rotational speed of 6000 rpm. Its
107. Fill in the blank with appropriate question tag average latency time is
You shouldn't be here on n holiday, _______ (a) 5 – 10%w sec (b) 0.05 sec
(a) shouldn’t you (b) should you not (c) 1 sec (d) 0.5 sec
(c) wouldn’t you (d) should you
116. The 2's complement representation of the number
108. Change the following sentence into passive sentence. (0100)*{ in an 8-bit computer is
They studied Mathematics last year. (a) 10011011 (b) 01100100
(a) Mathematics was studied try them last year (c) 11100100 (d) 10011100
(b) Mathematics were studied by them last year
(c) Mathematics has been studied by them last year 117. The number of terms in the product of sum canonical
(d) Mathematics studied them last year. form of |(B* 1 B! )(Bw B# )| is
(a) 7 (b) 8 (C) 9 (d) None
109. The meaning of the word "EGRESS” is
(a) Entrance(b) Exit (c) Double (d) Program 118. Find the odd one out:
(a) HTTP (b) FCFS (c) HTML (d) TCP/IP
110. Choose the answer which best expresses the meaning of
119. Consider the equation (43) " (C3)ƒ where B and C are
the Idiom/phrase "Elbow room” unknown. The number of possible solutions are
(a) Opportunity for freedom of action (a) 4 (b) 6 (C) 5 (d) 7
(b) Special room for the guest
(c) To give enough space to move or work in 120. Subtract (1010)! from (1101)! using first complement
(d) Both (a) and (c) (a) (1100)! (b) (0101)! (C) (1001)! (d)(0011)!

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1. c 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. a 6. a 7. c 8. a 9. b 10. c
11. d 12. b 13. d 14. b 15. a 16. d 17. b 18. d 19. d 20. d
21. d 22. d 23. c 24. b 25. c 26. b 27. d 28. d 29. c 30. d
31. c 32. a 33. c 34. d 35. c 36. d 37. b 38. c 39. d 40. d
41. a 42. c 43. c 44. c 45. b 46. b 47. a 48. a 49. d 50. b
51. c 52. d 53. a 54. b 55. c 56. d 57. a 58. b 59. c 60. d
61. c 62. c 63. d 64. d 65. a 66. c 67. b 68. c 69. a 70. a
71. c 72. b 73. b 74. b 75. d 76. b 77. b 78. a 79. a 80. d
81. a 82. a 83. d 84. c 85. b 86. a 87. d 88. a 89. c 90. d
91. b 92. d 93. a 94. a 95. d 96. b 97. c 98. b 99. a 100. c
101. d 102. b 103. c 104. a 105. b 106. b 107. d 108. a 109. b 110. d
111. a 112. b 113. c 114. b 115. a 116. d 117. d 118. b 119. c 120. d

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